The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1887-10-21
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times.
The middle book Of the Old Tests
ment is Proverbs.
The middle chapter Of the Old Ties
lament Is Job, %.
The middle verse Of the New Tosta
ment is Acts, xvii, II.
The shortest verse IN the New Tes
lament is Ohm, ri, 35.
Chapter 10 of II Kings and chapter
81 of Isaiah are alike.
The longest verse in the Old Tesla,
mhnt is Esthsr, viii, 8
The middle book of the New Tesla,
ment is II Tbessalonians
The word 'sandp occurs in the New
Testament I0,6O4 times.
The middle chapter and shortest in
the Bible is Psalm, cxvii.
The word land" occurs in the Old
Testament S6,543 times.
The shortest verse Of the Old Tes-
lament is Chronicles, j, 25.
The middle verse of the Old Tesla
ment is II Chronicles, Xxi, II.
The middle chapters of the New
Testament are Romans, xiii, and xiv.
Verse 81, chapter Z of Ezra has all
the letters Of the alphabet except q"
1t is a sign Of infancy when only a
few beings interest Claiming.
We must never separate faith in
Christ's atoning death from the ne
cesity Of communion with his risen
life.-Rev. Peter S. Menzieg.
Our blessedness--and we may not
miss that blesscdness-is, that our
treasures are treasured in a person,
and are, therefore, ineIhanstible.
When thou art obliged to speak, be
snre to speak the truth; for eqnivoca-
ton is half way to lying, and lying is
the whole way to bell - William
Penn.
People find tbei" places, and there's
always like for ? like The good
Lord does not leave any of US to qnite
starve out. There's always, mama and
sometimes quaiIs, in every desert.-h
D. T. Whitney.
The arm that wieIds the sIedge at
daily toll gets strength and toughness.
So the soul that has hard dicipliue,
that feelt the pain and trouble Of mis-,
fortune, that tolls on through trial,
and under burdens, and with the strain
Of SORROW, is made sturdy, and, if il
puts faith in God receives the strength
that be supplies. Il is fitted for high,
er duty, TO be more helpful to others,
and more Christ Iike.-Dr. .Burdett
Hart
We ought never to be afrsiJ Of
Gods proyideneies when tbev seem to
break m our lives and ernsh opr homes.
and even 10 turn MS swav from onr
chosen paths of usefulness and service
| God knows what he wants 70 do with
US how be can best nae ms and 0hare
and in what lines of ministry he wopld
have us serve. When he sbnls onc
door it is because he Aas apotbe,
standing open for our feet When he
breaks our lives to pieces it is because
they will do more, for bis glory and
the worlds good broken and shattered
than "hote'--f>Tss"y'e''a".
/. All cannot be as eloeuept as AnoIlos
or As powerful in reasoning as Paul a
overwhelming in e1bortation as Peter
as persuasive as John; but every on,
r may be as holy, as thoroughly conse
Grated to God, and as filed with tn
, Holy Spirit, as were these might
. apostles. While the hlgblv-endoyve,